lancet window

American  

noun

Architecture.

1. a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.

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lancet window British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: lancet.  a narrow window having a lancet arch

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Etymology

Origin of lancet window

First recorded in 1775–85

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lancet window

A stained-glass lancet window shows Christ's passion in five panels set in an interlace of jewel-like embroidery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its catalog lists 748 items, ranging from a corroded metal pen to a whole stained-glass lancet window from Canterbury Cathedral.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beyond the ends of the choir aisles on either side of the presbytery is a lancet window.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

At the west end of the south aisle is a plain lancet window of one light. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway

The moon had arisen on the eastward side of the tower, and looking through the crumbling lancet window I saw below me, serene and beautiful, the quiet, terraced graveyard of St. Mary’s.

From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine